Rahul Garabadu reacts to SCOTUS gutting the VRA & the argument that MAGA leaves little else but fomented anger

About this episode

Rahul Garabadu discusses the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act and the political landscape in Georgia.

In the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court's MAGA 6-3 majority dealing what may be the final death blow to the 1965 Voting Rights' Act, civil rights attorney and Georgia state Senate candidate Rahul Garabadu joined me Thursday to discuss the reality of a newfound race to gerrymander with reckless abandon to eliminate black voting power & representation; oh and to discuss is candidacy in a hotly contested state Senate district that a Democrat will win. The question is: which one? - - - Hear me out: what if the political violence we ALL abhor is all that MAGA and the GOP leaves their political opposition? We're not there, yet, but as the race to gerrymander (already before the SCOTUS ruling and then again after), along with the many and varied ways the SAVE Act seeks to suppress voter participation further, is it not enraging that a nation with a razor-thin liberal majority electorate is ruled by a party they rarely vote in favor for and with a 2/3rds majority conservative high court? Take away the options to right that course, and what is the left left with? Conservative pundit Erick Erickson is no stranger to threats of violence on him and his family - from MAGA - but…

People in this episode

Host: Ron Roberts

Guest: Rahul Garabadu

Topics covered

• Voting Rights
• Gerrymandering
• Political Violence
• Civil Rights
• Elections
• MAGA Politics

Keywords

• Voting Rights Act
• Gerrymandering
• MAGA
• Political Violence
• Civil Rights
• Georgia Senate
• Erick Erickson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supreme Court, MAGA, GOP, SAVE Act

Books & works: Voting Rights' Act

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